# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=118&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 119 --- ## [Routers Banned? Or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-banned-or-not/1028874)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-banned-or-not/1028874 "2026-03-31T02:25:22Z")
I have seen a number of videos on YouTube (always suspect) that claim the Trump Admin has banned foreign made computer routers. And others who claim that they have not, but have set restrictions on them. What is true? … --- ## [What do these lyrics mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/444354)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/444354 "2026-03-31T00:35:39Z")
Snipped from Rod Stewart’s Reason to Believe: "Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like yo… --- ## [The cure to soulless crushing modern society is a life of narcissistic sociopathic hedonism (or why humans can't have nice things)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cure-to-soulless-crushing-modern-society-is-a-life-of-narcissistic-sociopathic-hedonism-or-why-humans-cant-have-nice-things/1027967)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cure-to-soulless-crushing-modern-society-is-a-life-of-narcissistic-sociopathic-hedonism-or-why-humans-cant-have-nice-things/1027967 "2026-03-30T23:51:11Z")
I think everyone has heard various versions of this story: "I hate the routine and boredom of stupid, pointless, bureaucratic job with my arrogant, officious boss and annoying coworkers, my nagging wife in my loveless m… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125 "2026-03-30T23:37:05Z")
March… and we are 1/5 of the way throught this dumpster fire of a year. Can you say exhausted? On the up side I am gettting a fair bit of reading done. And it seems so are some of you! So Whatcha all reading? Print: N… --- ## [What car has an upside-down V badge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-has-an-upside-down-v-badge/1028878)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-has-an-upside-down-v-badge/1028878 "2026-03-30T23:27:58Z")
My wife and I were in the car earlier today and we hit a stop light behind another car that caught our attention. It had an upside-down V for a badge and absolutely no other identification of any kind. I know Acura uses… --- ## [Managing email across multiple devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-email-across-multiple-devices/1028771)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-email-across-multiple-devices/1028771 "2026-03-30T22:56:37Z")
Long story short: The ISP (an evil cable company) that provides my main email account has merged a bunch of legacy email domains into one place (the old domain’s, e.g. something like pituitary.com, are now part of the b… --- ## [I do not get this crossword's answers. Link inside from Futility Closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-get-this-crosswords-answers-link-inside-from-futility-closet/1028848)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-get-this-crosswords-answers-link-inside-from-futility-closet/1028848 "2026-03-30T22:04:04Z")
It’s called an interesting and curious crossword, but it is just QUIET going across and the letters going down. How does this work with the clues? --- ## [Can you 3D print explosives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-3d-print-explosives/1028890)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-3d-print-explosives/1028890 "2026-03-30T21:56:14Z")
I know that some explosive compounds were melted and poured directly into artillery shells so it seems possible. Maybe make a nice Panama hat for your target. How about crab legs? They already look like they are made of … --- ## [Why is canned Parmesan cheese so different that blocks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canned-parmesan-cheese-so-different-that-blocks/1028180)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canned-parmesan-cheese-so-different-that-blocks/1028180 "2026-03-30T20:00:20Z")
I like Parmesan cheese when it comes in a wedge and I grate it myself but the stuff Kraft makes in the big green cans or the stuff they put on tables in Italian restaurants literally tastes like vomit to me. Why is there… --- ## [New washing machines that actually rinse out all the soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-washing-machines-that-actually-rinse-out-all-the-soap/1024544)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-washing-machines-that-actually-rinse-out-all-the-soap/1024544 "2026-03-30T19:51:35Z")
I have a highly rated new washing machine (an electrolux 700 series front-loading washing machine) and I HATE it. I want to replace it, but I suspect everything on the market is just as bad. When I first started using i… --- ## [Does the iPad browser I want actually exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ipad-browser-i-want-actually-exist/1028891)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ipad-browser-i-want-actually-exist/1028891 "2026-03-30T18:15:03Z")
I’m fed up with Firefox on the iPad. They keep monkeying with the interface and making it harder to access Bookmarks and the homepage and I really want to change. But I can’t find another browser with the one feature I r… --- ## [Damn, Xander's dead. (Nicholas Brendon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-xanders-dead-nicholas-brendon/1028640)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-xanders-dead-nicholas-brendon/1028640 "2026-03-30T17:43:20Z")
--- ## [Recommendations for pink (?) sound machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-pink-sound-machine/1028869)
**Author:** [@Lushka1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lushka1953)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-pink-sound-machine/1028869 "2026-03-30T16:12:00Z")
I’m in search of a sound machine. I have downloaded an app, and I have a machine. I’m not satisfied with either, as I want something other than white noise. I’d like zen music or something meditative. I don’t need fan n… --- ## [I would like too see the return of audio drama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-too-see-the-return-of-audio-drama/957856)
**Author:** [@umbrella\_man32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umbrella_man32)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-too-see-the-return-of-audio-drama/957856 "2026-03-30T16:03:21Z")
Forget Netflix and streaming i have been listening to vintage radio dram ex. george gracie allen, dragnet i rather see a return of this format then what"s playing nowadays --- ## [So, someone crashed into three cars on our street in a hit-and-run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-crashed-into-three-cars-on-our-street-in-a-hit-and-run/1028859)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-crashed-into-three-cars-on-our-street-in-a-hit-and-run/1028859 "2026-03-30T15:23:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from So, someone set our car on fire (which happened last July). Now this… we apparently live on some cursed street! This just happened (turn your sound on, but not too high): A ca… --- ## [Collision Avoidance Warning Device for the Visually Impaired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collision-avoidance-warning-device-for-the-visually-impaired/1028613)
**Author:** [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collision-avoidance-warning-device-for-the-visually-impaired/1028613 "2026-03-30T15:03:34Z")
I have an acquaintance who is legally blind. Recently she’s been trying to find a device that she could attach to her rolling walker that would alert her when it was about to hit an obstacle, kind of like the collision … --- ## [Coffee Sweetener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-sweetener/1028868)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-sweetener/1028868 "2026-03-30T13:44:37Z")
I put real maple syrup in my coffee this morning. It was pretty good. Am I Canadian now? --- ## [(Old) Marching along in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-marching-along-in-the-mmp/1028705)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-marching-along-in-the-mmp/1028705 "2026-03-30T13:06:05Z")
Have you ever marched in a parade? Or, for that matter, rode on a float or something? When I was a teen, I wore a muu-muu and rode on some sort of international float that Pepsi sponsored in (I think) a Columbus Day par… --- ## [Ancient artifacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-artifacts/1028446)
**Author:** [@Lushka1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lushka1953)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-artifacts/1028446 "2026-03-30T02:15:59Z")
An ancient artifact was gifted to me 60 years ago. How do I repatriate it to its original country? --- ## [Supercomputers and Artificial Intelligence Impact Survey 2020++](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supercomputers-and-artificial-intelligence-impact-survey-2020/518323)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supercomputers-and-artificial-intelligence-impact-survey-2020/518323 "2026-03-30T02:05:57Z")
According to this chart, we are looking at 2020 as the date when a supercomputer exists that can simulate/model a human brain in real time: Latest chart from IBM Blue matter team indicating time line for supercomputer b… --- ## [Experience with Citrus “Fruit Salad” Trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-citrus-fruit-salad-trees/1028845)
**Author:** [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-citrus-fruit-salad-trees/1028845 "2026-03-29T22:54:01Z")
Does anyone have any experience with these hybrid trees, where various citrus are grafted together? The guy at the nursery said that after a few years the Lemon genes start to affect the other fruits, making them bitter… --- ## [Bill Nye -- OHenry, MTwain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-nye-ohenry-mtwain/1028834)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-nye-ohenry-mtwain/1028834 "2026-03-29T21:58:01Z")
I found 0. Henry when I was young, with “Cabbages and Kings”, later, I read the famous short stories, and formed the opinion that he was a short story writer who had tried his hand at “a novel”, but was limited in his ab… --- ## [Death by Lysol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-lysol/1028733)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-lysol/1028733 "2026-03-29T21:15:56Z")
From the Wikipedia article about Lysol: “The first Lysol Brand Antiseptic Disinfectant was introduced in 1889 by Gustav Raupenstrauch to help end a cholera epidemic happening in Germany. The original formulation of Lyso… --- ## ["Magic Spoon" High Protein Cereal (Fruity Loops version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-spoon-high-protein-cereal-fruity-loops-version/1028867)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-spoon-high-protein-cereal-fruity-loops-version/1028867 "2026-03-29T19:57:19Z")
I’ve been meaning to try these cereals for the longest time. Normally commercial fakes don’t work for me as I can taste a lot of chemicals other people can’t. But I have to give props, this was delicious. A sugary, cr… --- ## [The truth about the Maytag repairman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-maytag-repairman/1028858)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-the-maytag-repairman/1028858 "2026-03-29T19:54:37Z")
All right, I’m not really offering any profound truth here, just spitballing about an old corporate claim (that I’m not sure anyone even believes anymore). About a couple months ago, we noticed that our clothes on our M… --- ## [Suzi Quatro just dropped a new song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzi-quatro-just-dropped-a-new-song/1028814)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzi-quatro-just-dropped-a-new-song/1028814 "2026-03-29T18:10:36Z")
Suzi will be 76 in a few months, her guest is 78. It’s not a very good song, IMO. Standard 70’s rock that would have been a b-side or album filler back in the day. I used to think that it’s pathetic when old rockers j… --- ## [Franco is still dead, but some miss him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franco-is-still-dead-but-some-miss-him/1025011)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franco-is-still-dead-but-some-miss-him/1025011 "2026-03-29T16:06:51Z")
Fifty years ago today, on november the 20th 1975, Francisco Franco Bahamonde finally died after 39 years ruling Spain and after a horrible agony in the end. The medical bulletins about his health or progressive lack ther… --- ## [Cognition questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cognition-questions/1028817)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cognition-questions/1028817 "2026-03-29T15:49:34Z")
I’ve seen the cognition test trump is so proud of taking that towards the end of the test it asks the person to count backwards by 7. I could not do this to save my life. Am I demented? The rest of the test I’ve seen se… --- ## [Songs to keep our spirits up in dark times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-keep-our-spirits-up-in-dark-times/1027215 "2026-03-29T14:43:33Z")
When the human race gets me down, music comes to the rescue. I love songs that fire my spirit in dark times, so let’s share. First of all, support the Singing Resistance of Minneapolis, who are taking their collective v… --- ## [Trying to find my old friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-my-old-friends/1028856)
**Author:** [@CaptC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-my-old-friends/1028856 "2026-03-29T13:33:04Z")
Hello y’all. I haven’t posted here in probably 10-20 years, maybe longer. I was a regular, mostly on this here gaming board. I am trying to get in contact with some of the friends I made here years ago. Users SeniorB… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=117&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=119&state=tracking)